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[winterbadger]

Britain Closes Airspace as Volcanic Ash Spreads

British civil aviation authorities ordered the closure of the country’s airspace as of noon on Thursday to shield aircraft from a high altitude cloud of ash drifting south and east from an erupting volcano in Iceland. The plume of ash shut down airports and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in a wide arc from Ireland to Scandinavia.

I imagine all my traveling friends are very glad to have missed *this* little catastrophe.

Comments

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Typical, I'm supposed to go there next month and Iceland's acting all weird...

[schizokitty.livejournal.com]

Jhesu! I hope this is all cleared up by 11 May, as we're going to Norway then. @_@

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Got out safely, phew!

[silme.livejournal.com]

Not just us -- Scandinavia and other parts of Europe as well. I know someone stuck in Helsinki tonight who was meant to be at home in Cambridgeshire today.

It was disconcerting driving on the M25 today and seeing "Heathrow Airport Closed" signs, I must admit.

[ban-leodhasach.livejournal.com]

Thankfully I got home. Colleagues weren't so lucky - they are stuck in London :-) The news has found a new way to panic the populous though! What health issues could falling ash cause??!!!

I'm really tempted to say the 'end is nigh' in a grave tone :-)

[winterbadger]

What health issues could falling ash cause??!!!

Quite serious ones, actually. It depends what kind of ash and where people are in relation to it. Some volcanic ash fall can have a range of serious health effects.

Just ask the people of Herculaneum.